Wedding Photos of Tear

The following “Tear” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Tear” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

A bride at Can Xicarro in Sitges, Spain, with a single tear falling as she opens a small gift box, her white dress hanging in the background.

Bride's Emotional Moment Opening Precious Gift At Can Xicarro Wedding

Bride wipes a tear from her cheek during an emotional exchange of rings at a beautiful indoor wedding in Grand-Sommartel, Switzerland.

Whispers of Love: Emotional Exchange in Grand-Sommartel

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Emotional moment captured at Early Mountain Vineyards in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the bride and her brother embrace and shed tears after the ceremony.

Sacred Tears: A Vineyard Embrace in Charlottesville

Sacred Tears Virginia Bride Vineyard Embrace hug shed tears Early Mountain Vineyards captured

In this award-winning wedding day detail picture captured in Nanping, Fujian, at the bride's home, the artistic photographer beautifully showcases the emotional tears of a bridesmaid in a breathtaking black and white image.

Nanping's Emotional Tears: An Award-Winning Breathtaking Wedding Day Detail

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A wedding photographer in Tuscany captures a special moment as the bride and her father step toward the outdoor ceremony venue at Villa Grabau. The father wipes his face with a handkerchief under the sunlight.

Tuscany Outdoor Wedding: Bride and Father Step Towards Venue, Emotional Tear Captured at Villa Grabau

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Best Coloma, California documentary wedding photojournalism image of A bride wiping the tear from the cheek of an emotional groom during their outdoor wedding ceremony

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Parkland, Florida wedding reportage photographer captured this moment at the Parkland Golf and Country Club as the Father of the bride is wiping away a tear from his daughters eye as they walk down the aisle together

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A black and white Colorado documentary wedding picture from Greenbriar Inn showing the Boulder bride wiping grooms tear during toasts

A black and white Boulder, Colorado documentary wedding picture from Greenbriar Inn showing the bride wiping grooms tear during toasts

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A top Snowmass wedding photojournalist from Colorado created this image of the bride wiping away a tear with her dad while watching her husbands dance with his mom

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View this emotional France wedding image of the tear of the bride during the ceremony, which was a featured picture among the best wedding photography from the WPJA

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Haiphong, Vietnam indoor marriage award-winning image showing bride and groom During the ceremony

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Punto de Vista, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica emotional ceremony moment pic created as bride wipes tear from her soon to be wife

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Pennsylvania outdoor wedding photography from the Ceremony location taken as the Groom was shedding a tear during their elopement ceremony in the mountains

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Groom shedding a tear while the bride reads her vows and the Groomsmen look on

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Bride's tear during her mother's speech

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The bride and bridesmaid wipe away a tear during bride prep

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Hacienda del Cardenal, Toledo (Spain) wedding venue photos | Romantic looking with tear at bridal dance

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Houston, Texas - JW Marriott Houston Downtown Pre Wedding Ceremony Photography - Bride wipes a tear as she reads a letter from her husband to be before the wedding ceremony.

Bride wipes a tear as she reads a letter from her husband to be before the wedding ceremony

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Church wedding ceremony photo of the bride wiping a tear

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Turkey Wedding Photography | an Indian man's tear at the ceremony

Turkey Wedding Photography of an Indian man's tear at the ceremony

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Mexico City bride wipes a tear off of the grooms face at the wedding reception

the bride wipes a tear off of the grooms face

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Lyon wedding photographer captured this black and white photo of a bride reading her speech from a piece of a paper as she wipes a tear from her cheek

Lyon wedding photo of a bride reading her speech from a piece of a paper as she wipes a tear from her cheek

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The bride and groom sit holding their left hands to their faces

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New Jersey wedding photographer shoots the moment of the groom getting emotional as he stands with the bride at the ceremony

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